Informer

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Freedom and
Success for ESL
Student

xam time last April at Capilano

College found Salah Khazaal, a
North Shore resident and student in the
new Office Assistant Program for ESL
students, studying hard. He knew he had
already made the Dean’s list (last
semester his GPA was a stunning 4.24;
the maximum being 4.33). And he had
already won the Nicholas J. Collins
Scholarship for outstanding ESL
students. So, what was he worrying
about?

“Everything,” says the Lebanese-born
father of two. “I haven’t been a student
since 1975. Twenty years! Returning to
school was a tough decision. I was afraid
of everything.” And so he keeps on
studying hard.

It hasn’t been an easy twenty years.
Salah left war-torn Beirut in 1979 for
Saudi Arabia. Once there, he worked as a
legal secretary in a law office and as an
executive secretary for a Saudi business
firm. But by 1988, he wanted more
opportunities for himself and his young

he Maryanne Yzerman award was

presented this spring to Irene
Lau, a student in Capilano College’s
Retail Marketing Coop Program.

The award honours the memory of
Yzerman who died in a boating
accident in 1983. Lau was selected by
her peers for most enthusiastic

Student Honoured for Contribution

EEE

Salah Khazaal

wife. Fortunately, he was sponsored by
his uncle, Hassane Aboukhazaal, a
longtime North Vancouver resident, and
he and his wife, Mona, arrived in Canada
in 1990. They now have two children, a
boy, Suhail, 4, and a girl, Nadine, 1 and a
half.

In his spare time, Salah volunteers at
Capilano College. He also tutors one of
the College’s students. Last month he
and his ESL teacher were interviewed on
cable TV about the first-ever Walk for
ESL in Stanley Park, a fundraiser by the
TEAL Charitable Foundation to raise
scholarship money for ESL students. O

contribution to the program and to her
classmates. She is pictured here
accepting the award from Dr. Greg
Lee, College president (far right).
Coordinators of the retail marketing
program, Doug Loblaw (left) and
Charlene Hill (second from left), are
holding Yzerman’s portrait. O

Popular Piano
Sale Returns

he annual sale of pianos, in

conjunction with Kawai Music
Canada, will once again take place in the
Sportsplex on September 8, 9, and 10.
More than 80 pianos, including grands,
uprights, and digitals, will be available
in many sizes and finishes. Some are
less than one year old and others have
been professionally refurbished. Along
with Kawai, several other well-known
brands will be for sale.

Employees, students, and alumni of
the College will receive a special
discount on the first day. Financing and
delivery will be available. Sale hours
are:

Friday, September 8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, September 9, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, September 10, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Inquiries or bookings for this
appointment-only sale may be made by
calling (604) 926-0174.

¢S cere INformer

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